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KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's Parliament put aside weeks of political infighting on Wednesday to give initial approval for legislation that would secure an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund to help ease the country's ailing finances.
The National Assembly gave initial approval today to a bill allowing newborn babies to bear the surname of either parent.
The Los Angeles City Council gave initial approval Tuesday to an ordinance banning stores from providing customers single-use plastic bags.
Parliament's lower house gave initial approval to a bill that would allow courts to close media outlets that disseminate libelous or slanderous material.
The class-action settlement has been given initial approval by a state judge, said Larry Richter, a lawyer for four victims whose claims were settled last summer.
Though the board gave initial approval to the plan last year, it ordered an inspection panel to address concerns that the bank had not sufficiently explored all aspects.
On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted to tighten the rules on fracking, giving initial approval to a measure to require in-depth environmental impact studies on all such projects.
In July, American and Canadian officials gave initial approval to a pact that requires the United States to pay back about $4.3 billion in duties on wood imports, or about 80percentt of the total duties it collected during the dispute.
See articleTurkey's parliament gave initial approval to a constitutional amendment to allow girls to wear the Islamic-style headscarf at state universities.In a ceremony attended by President Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine signed the terms for joining the World Trade Organisation.
In another wrinkle in the Keystone XL pipeline debate, the European Commission has given initial approval to a measure declaring that fuel from bitumen, the tar in oil sands, is higher in carbon dioxide emissions than conventional oil.
As an indication of the skepticism, European Union lawmakers gave initial approval on Wednesday to a measure requiring companies to conduct extensive environmental audits before fracking for shale gas.
